Steam Releases Best of 2021 Game List

[Uncrowned Guard]

Steam has released their top games of multiple categories from 2021 that shows their best sellers, most players, and many other stats in the PC gaming world.  These numbers only reflect games on the Steam Platform, so items from Epic Games, Battle.net, EA Origin, etc. are not factored into the mix.  Lists are presented in random order as Steam does not release exact information on most of these statistics.

Below you will find the three most asked for lists, but more lists can be found linked at the bottom of this article.  Top Selling Games is the first list and it is based around the gross revenue of the game on Steam and therefore DLC and in-game purchased should be factored int these results.  The second list is Top New Releases and the results of this list are based around the game's performance during the first two weeks of its release.  The last list we placed here is the Most Played List and that is based around most concurrent players on at one time, Steam did state the free weekends and other promotional playtime events are not factored into this list.

Top Selling Games
Games are provided in random order and were selected by gross revenue.

• New World
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Siege
• Dead by Daylight
• Dota 2
• Valheim
• Battlefield™ 2042
• Apex Legends™
• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Destiny 2

Top New Releases
Games are provided in random order and were selected by revenue over their first two weeks.

• Back 4 Blood
• Resident Evil Village
• Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition
• Halo Infinite
• Battlefield™ 2042
• New World
• Age of Empires IV
• Valheim
• Forza Horizon 5
• Farming Simulator 22
• OUTRIDERS
• NARAKA: BLADEPOINT

Most Played Games
Games are provided in random order and were selected by highest peak concurrent players.

• Grand Theft Auto V
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Halo Infinite
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Dota 2
• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
• New World
• Apex Legends™
• Rust
• Valheim

There are a few other categories of rankings that they proved as followed:

• Top Early Access Graduates
• Top Selling VR Games
• Top Controller Games

 

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[StormyFire]

It's funny that some of the games on the most played list are actually several years old. I guess that shows that a lot of games that have been released just aren't catching on enough to beat some of the classics.

[Uncrowned Guard]

On 12/29/2021 at 6:14 PM, StormyFire said:

It's funny that some of the games on the most played list are actually several years old. I guess that shows that a lot of games that have been released just aren't catching on enough to beat some of the classics.

This is super true!  So much is placed on graphics and visuals and gamers seem to always true to games that simply have better stories and game play over and over.  Of course, the modern focus on releasing partially complete live service games does not appear to be helping anything.

[Nomad]

Out of these best selling games, I play couple of games such as Apex Legends, PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, and Grand Theft Auto V. Out of yhe most played games, I have never played Dota 2 and Valheim , but I want try my hands on these games.